We live in a world where a building can sit empty for years while a human being gets arrested for sleeping outside it 😭

As an autistic person I can try to explain how I get stressed and overwhelmed very easily to others, but people often just think I am over reacting to an experience they can understand and relate to. This ignores the understanding of the difference of intensity. I am stressed by just being alive. I am stressed when there is nothing going on. I become overwhelmed and overstimulated just going to the grocery store or driving a car down the road. It is not the same experience. It is the level to which that distress debilitates one's ability to function that makes the difference. The level to which the environment must remain safe, expected and controlled before dysregulation kicks in.

MY SON'S THERAPIST TOLD ME ADHD KIDS NEED TO HEAR THEY'RE LOVED IN THESE 5 WAYS. I felt so relieved because I thought the daily chaos meant I'd already failed him.